Empirical Findings
A biased sampling of agents with distinct intentions predicts an asymmetric response
Son, S.K., and Yoo, S.B.M
PLoS Computational Biology (2026)
Shared neural geometries for bilingual semantic representations
Yan, X., Chavez, A.G., Franch, M., Katlowitz, K.A., Gautam, I., Kim, B., Krishna, A., Shrivastava, A., Van Arsdel, K., Belanger, J., Chericoni, A., Ismail, T., Mickiewicz, E.A., Paulo, D., Zhu, H., Goldman, A.M., Krishnan, V., Maheshwari, A., Bartoli, E., Provenza, N.R., Yoo, S.B.M., Hayden, B.Y.‡, and Sheth, S.A.‡
Cell (2026) pdf
Evidence accumulation from experience and observation in the cingulate cortex
Chen, R., Radkani, S., Valluru, N., Yoo, S.B.M., and Jazayeri, M.
Nature (2026) html
Coordinated representation for naturalistic memory encoding and retrieval in hippocampal neural subspaces
Kwon DS, Kim JW, Yoo SBM‡, Shim WM‡
Nature Communications (2025) html pdf
A Computational Mechanism of Cue-Stimulus Integration for Pain in the Brain
Kim JW, Kim SH, Yoo SBM‡, Woo CW‡
Science Advances (2024) html pdf
Semi-orthogonal subspaces for value mediate a tradeoff between binding and generalization
JW Johnston*, JM Fine*, SBM Yoo, RB Ebitz, BY Hayden
Nature Neuroscience (2024) html pdf
Hypothalamic neuronal activation in non-human primates drives naturalistic goal-directed eating behavior
LJ Ha*, HG Yeo*, YG Kim*, I Baek*, E Baeg*, YH Lee, J Won, Y Jung, J Park, CY Jeon, K Kim, J Min, Y Song, JH Park, KR Nam, SK Son, SBM Yoo, SH Park, WS Choi, KS Lim, JY Choi, JH Cho‡, Y Lee‡, HJ Choi‡
Neuron (2024) html
Abstract Value Encoding in Neural Populations But Not Single Neurons
JM Fine, DJN Maisson, SBM Yoo, TV Cash-Padgett, MZ Wang, J Zimmermann, BY Hayden
Journal of Neuroscience (2023) html pdf
Multicentric tracking of multiple agents by anterior cingulate cortex during pursuit and evasion
SBM Yoo, JC Tu, BY Hayden
Nature Communication (2021) html pdf
Automated markerless pose estimation in freely moving macaques with OpenMonkeyStudio
PC Bala, BR Eisenreich, SBM Yoo, BY Hayden, HS Park, J Zimmermann
Nature Communications (2020) html pdf
The Transition from Evaluation to Selection Involves Neural Subspace Reorganization in Core Reward Regions
SBM Yoo, BY Hayden
Neuron (2020) html pdf
The neural basis of predictive pursuit
SBM Yoo, JC Tu, ST Piantadosi, BY Hayden
Nature Neuroscience (2020) html pdf
Can brains perform second-order optimization?
SBM Yoo, Ł Kusmierz, BY Hayden, T Toyoizumi
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (2019) pdf
A Comparison of Non-human Primate and Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent Performance in a Virtual Pursuit-Avoidance Task
TL Willke, SBM Yoo, M Capotă, S Musslick, BY Hayden, JD Cohen
Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (2019) html pdf
Opposing pupil responses to offered and anticipated reward values
T Cash-Padgett, H Azab, SBM Yoo, BY Hayden
Animal cognition (2018) html pdf
Robust encoding of spatial information in orbitofrontal cortex and striatum
SBM Yoo, BJ Sleezer, BY Hayden
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2018) html pdf
Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors
J Roh, WZ Rymer, EJ Perreault, SBM Yoo, RF Beer
Journal of Neurophysiology (2013) html pdf
Perspectives / Reviews
Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization
BY Hayden, SR Heilbronner, SBM Yoo#
Nature Neuroscience (2025) html pdf
Continuous Decisions
SBM Yoo, B Hayden, JMX Pearson
Philosophical Transaction in Royal Society B (2021) html pdf
Economic choice as an untangling of options into actions
SBM Yoo, BY Hayden
Neuron (2018) html pdf
Preprint
The Computational and Neural Basis of Zero-Shot Control in Dynamic Pursuit
Kim, D.H*., Lee, J.S*., Hayden, B.Y., and Yoo, S.B.M.
bioRxiv (2026) html pdf
The neural basis of emotional generalization in empathy
J Xiao, AB Allawala, JA Adkinson, X Fan, MC Franch, V Gates, RK Mathura, M Mocchi, J Myers, B Pascuzzi, S Pulapaka, G Banks, E Bartoli, WK Goodman, SJ Mathew, X Pitkow, N Pouratian, NR Provenza, B Shofty, AJ Watrous, K Bjianki, SA Sheth, SBM Yoo‡, B Hayden
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf
Representational Geometries of Perception and Working Memory: A Pilot Study
T Nakamura, SBM Yoo, K Kay, H Lau, A Moharramipour
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf
Complementary roles for hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex in composing continuous choice
A Chericoni, JM Fine, TS Ismail, G Delgado, MC Franch, EA Mickiewicz, AG Chavez, E Bartoli, D Paulo, NR Provenza, A Watrous, SBM Yoo, SA Sheth, BY Hayden
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf
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